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Riddle 9

Verse Indeterminate Saxon

Mec on þissum dagum      deadne ofgeafun
fæder ond modor;      ne wæs me feorh þa gen,
ealdor in innan.      þa mec an ongon,
welhold mege,      wedum þeccan,
5
heold ond freoþode,      hleosceorpe wrah
swa arlice      swa hire agen bearn,
oþþæt ic under sceate,      swa min gesceapu wæron,
ungesibbum wearð      eacen gæste.
Mec seo friþe mæg      fedde siþþan,
10
oþþæt ic aweox,      widdor meahte
siþas asettan.      Heo hæfde swæsra þy læs
suna ond dohtra,      þy heo swa dyde.